[Boylston Street subway]
Creator(s)
Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922, photographer.
Title
[Boylston Street subway]
Collection title
Boston subway stations, 1897-1898
Link to library catalog
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=499214
Date
[between 1896 and 1898]
Publishing details
Boston : N.L . Stebbins , 132 Boylston St .
Physical description
9 photographic prints mounted on card : albumen , b&w ; print 19 cm . x 24.5 cm . or smaller , mount 20.2 cm . x 25.3 cm . or smaller
Summary
Interior view of Boylston Street subway station .
Collection summary
Collection of nine photographs documenting the first subway system in Boston , comprised of two interior views of Boylston Street Station , two interior views of Park Street Station , one interior view of Haymarket Square Station , and three views of the inclining/declining tracks running into the tunnel along Boylston Street adjacent to the Public Garden and Boston Common prior to their opening to the public in 1897 . Also included is an exterior view of Haymarket Square showing the intersection of North Washington Street and Cross Street from the north in 1898 shortly after it was competed .
Collection notes
Photographer Nathaniel Stebbins was hired by the Boston Transit Commission to document the completion of the Tremont Street Subway . construction of the Tremont Street Subway (now known as the Green Line) was completed in several stages by the Jones and Meehan Company over the span of three and a half years . It included five subway stations and stretched across 2 and 1/4 miles . The first section of the project was completed on September 1 , 1897 and went from the Public Garden entrance to Park Street Station . The remainder of the Tremont Street Subway was completed on September 3 , 1898 and went from Park Street through Scollay , Adams , and Haymarket Square to North Station . The subway was leased by the West End Street Railway Company who also operated Boston's streetcar system . The West End Street Railway Company (1887) was the predecessor of the Boston Elevated Railway (1898) , Metropolitan Transportation Authority (1947) and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1964) . Photographer's name and location stamped on lower left of print . Copyright date stamped lower left of print ; partially obscured by photographer's stamp on some prints . Photographer's stamp on verso of some prints : N.L . Stebbins , / Photographer , / 132 Boylston St . / Boston , Mass . Mounts exhibit gold-beveled edges . Dates based on known dates of project's completion and on copyright dates on some prints . Collection title devised by curator .
Local Notes
Gift ; Francis Cheney ; July 2013 ; #2013.10 (nos . 1-8) . Gift ; Francis Cheney ; June 2016 ; 2016.17 .
Reference
Images of America: trolleys under the hub / Frank Cheney and Anthony M. Sammarco. Dover, New Hampshire: Arcadia Publishing, 1997. repros. pgs. 20, 23 and 32.
Provenance
Cheney , Francis J. , donor .
Subject(s)
West End Street Railway Company--Buildings--Pictorial works. Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission--Buildings--Pictorial works. Subway stations--Massachusetts--Boston--Pictorial works. Buildings--Massachusetts--Haymarket Square (Boston)--Pictorial works.
Genre terms
Photographs--United States--1890-1900.
Location
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required)
Source
Stebbins002.tif
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